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It was trying to unravel years of sacrifice that the couple had made since immigrating to the United States from El Salvador.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

He spent time in the Middle East when his father was ambassador to Syria and Lebanon before immigrating to the San Francisco Bay Area with his family as a teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

The family changed their last name after immigrating to the U.S. in 1933.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Rothman’s family fled Romanian pogroms against Jewish people at the turn of the 20th century, immigrating to Philadelphia, according to Magda Peck, a cousin of Rothman’s mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

After immigrating to the United States three years ago, Uncle Amin hadn’t passed the medical board exams needed to practice as a doctor.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai